The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19

like heaven let down to EARTH and sufficient
to confound infidels and atheists" The flu
neral services at the house were attended
by Revs. Peter Mcmillan of Barre and Har-
vey webster of this place The body was
taken to the tomb in Barre and will be
buried in Massachusetts, - John, only
son of Rev II. ID. Miller, came up from Bos-
ton on Saturday to attend the funeral of his
sister. - Miss Lucy Abbott comes up to
Barre from South Royalton weekly to meet
her instrumental music class. With her
mother she will soon visit her sisters the
Mrs. Dr. Bailey, in Ticonderoga and Oneida
N. Y. - There will be preaching at the
Methodist house Thursday evening.
If that favorte dish of our grandfathers,
bean-porridge, was as savory as the same
prepared in these latter days by Mrs. j. NJ.
Palmer, we don't wonder at the praises
sung over it. In the popular modern
schools of cookery it ought to have place.
- The friends of Miss Fannie Seaver
recently gave her happy surprise on the
occasion of her birthday at the home of her
brother, Rodney Seaver. Gifts testified to
the kindly feeling felt for her. 60 Our
Young Folks Club held pleasant sociable
at Town Hall on Wednesday evening last.
Miss Celia Wilbur, as Mrs. Jarley," dis
played her waX-works, which, with music,
tableaux, etc, filed out a long evening.
- On Tuesday evening of last week
the Universalst society held a neck-te fes-
tival at Town Hall. - We have before
noted the growing prosperity of the grange
in this place. Fourteen additions have
been made to the order in the last year. On
the 9th instant the officers for the year were
installed. Among them are p. Hopkins.
master; James Burnham, overseer; Olney
f. Seaver, lecturer; John Farnham, stew
ard; Hiram S. Davenport, secretary, and
w. H. Hebard, chaplain. 80 If Chicago,
with its large number of mind-cure medical
schools and their rapidly multiplying stu
dents, is hub of this " Christian science"
So-called, surely this section may be " al
lowed a very small space of the =" rim -
without being accused of alone going daft
on the subject. 1t is said to be clearly
proven that by this method the power OF
| speech can be restored to woman, even
though pronounced by 1.-THE regulars " as
| hopelessly lost. (Of course there are
wretches of the male sect that would say
Nature, having so marvelously endowed
woman with the gift of speech, would give
her own biggest boost to restore 1t once il
were lost" and thus rob the healing art OF
a portion of its honors. But let us not be
| reCkoned among them.) - 1t is an occa
sion of rejoicing to see it publicly stated
that the winter scenery of Vermont is at
| tracing visitors TO the state. With plenty
| of fur, we may have a continual feast in
beholding the glories of a Vermont winter
80 After an illness of two or three
years, George W. Farnham is DESTROYS OF
/
find the way to crafty this desire -
Conductor Frank w. Flint is in town for a
| few days. 60 Lucus S. Simons attended
the Spiritualist convention at w Waterbury las
week. - b. f. Sibley having kept oper
paths for our villagers this season, his
friends have just presented him with {
purse of some Sl2 or more in appreciation
of the work. - Six loads of machinery
for Lynde q Cheney's new saw-mill wer,
brought to town last week. - Mr.. ant
Mrs. Daniel ID. Royce have just returned
from Massachusetts. Mr.. Royce will prob
ably remain on his farm the coming year
- OF course the world will never ceas,
to quote Burns 90 wad some pow'r til,
giftie gle us To see oursels as others see us,
etc The spicy poem of which this is til,
" moral" and which was suggested t.
Burns by seeing louise "on a lady's bon
net at church" was freshly brought to mnC
of late. A matchmaker tells us of havin,
had brought to him at one time a lady
watch that would not run. On examination
it was found that one of these Ugly
creepin', blastt wonners, Detested, shunn''
by saunt an sinner" had made its way int
the watch. In its travels it had come unde
the lever and received its death blow, whicl
was equally fatal to any farther movement
of the watch until help came from outside
- We were lately comparing tw
prominent Vermont towns, in conversatio
with former resident of one of then
Said he, 81 remember what a man one
said to me about different towns G
where you will, if you don't find a bea
there you will find cub," a remark we
worth remembering.